Second mass hack exposed

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Hot on the heels of a recent hack in which 10,000 sites were compromised, researchers have disclosed a new large-scale attack.. Researchers at McAfee estimated that the attack has been active for roughly one week, and in that time frame has managed to place itself on roughly 200,000 web pages. Most of ...

Wi-Fu! Attacking the 802.11 Client

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Wi-Fu! More than just a statement, it reflects you wireless security skill set from knowledge and practical experience. This covers everything from using the tools out there to profile and attack your wireless network, to checking the security of your client devices yourself. If you feel your Wi-Foo is slipping, ...

Inguma 0.0.7.2 Released for Download – Penetration Testing Toolkit

Monday, March 17th, 2008

For those that don’t know, Inguma is an open source penetration testing and vulnerability research toolkit written completely in Python. The environment is mainly oriented to attack Oracle related systems but, anyway, it can be used against any other kind of systems. It’s becoming a mature and useful package! I’m glad ...

Cisco product shipped with backdoor

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Cisco has reported a critical security hole in CiscoWorks Internetwork Performance Monitor (IPM), the network availability monitoring component of the CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution (LMS). According to the advisory, commands can be executed remotely on the underlying Solaris or Windows operating system without authentication. Cisco reports that the problem is due ...

Six Steps to a Faster Broadband Connection

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

If you're serious about the Internet, chances are you spend anywhere from $30 to $99 per month for a broadband Internet connection. But regardless of how much you pay, are you getting all the speed that your ISP promised you? And does your connection persist reliably without dropping out frequently ...